The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.
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Australia exports millions of tons of coal each year to Asian markets. These same countries are interested in Wyoming coal. I look forward to visiting and seeing a vibrant coal port to better understand the benefits and challenges associated with this method of export.
The coal industry is a huge industry when we're talking about polluting the environment, our air and our waterways.
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.
Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.
But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid.
Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.
Coal mining is an industry rife with mismanagement, corruption, greed and an almost blatant disregard for the safety, health and quality of life of its work force. Everyone knows this. Everyone has always known it.
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
Coal is absolutely critical to our nation's economic health and global competitiveness.
For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are the jobs.
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